(KWTX) – The new coronavirus has claimed 62 more lives in Texas, bringing the statewide death toll to 4,020, which includes more than 60 central Texas residents, according to figures released Monday afternoon.
Navarro County reported its tenth death on Monday, while the virus claimed the lives of two more McLennan County residents and one more Bell County resident over the weekend.
The total number of cases of the virus in central Texas increased 8,382 on Monday with more than 500 new cases confirmed since Friday.
Statewide, the total count was 332,434, an increase of 7,404 from Sunday.
Of the total, 150,543 cases were active and 177,871 patients have recovered.
On Monday, 10,569 patients were hospitalized across the state.
In the two trauma service areas that include most of central Texas, 175 patients were hospitalized.
About 3.3 million tests have been administered and the virus is now present in 250 of the state’s 254 counties.
Sixty-two people diagnosed with the virus in central Texas have died, including 18 in Bell County, four in Coryell County, one in Hamilton County, two in Hill County, one in Limestone, 24 in McLennan County, two in Milam County and 10 in Navarro County.
Bell County
Bell County reported 148 new cases of the virus on Monday, bringing the county’s total to 2,682.
Of that number, 955 have been recovered.
The state report, which includes Fort Hood personnel living at the post, was 2,640 on Monday.
The Killeen Independent School District announced Monday that students and other items should wear face masks on campus when physical distancing is not possible, and said the requirement would remain in effect even if Governor Greg Abbott rescinded his order to cover his face.
The county recorded an additional death over the weekend, a 70-year-old Killeen woman whose death was reported Sunday, bringing the county’s death toll to 18.
Seventeen Bell County residents died earlier, including a Killeen man in his 50s in the ICU who died on April 8, a Temple man in his 60s in intensive care who died on April 6 who died on April 6. April, an 80-year-old Temple woman who had been diagnosed with the virus died on March 26; woman in her 90s who was a resident of West Inn Nursing and Rehabilitation whose death was announced on May 30; a Weston Inn Nursing and Rehabilitation resident whose death was announced on June 3; a 60-year-old woman who was a resident of Weston Inn whose death was reported on June 9, a 70-year-old woman who was transferred on June 1 from Weston Inn Nursing and Rehabilitation to Scott & White Medical Center died on June 14; two 80-year-old men whose deaths were reported on June 17, both residents of the Weston Inn Nursing & Rehabilitation in Temple; a man in his 60s who was reported on June 19 that he was also a former resident of the Weston Inn; a woman in her 50s with underlying conditions whose death was reported on June 22; a man in his 90s who died on June 25; a Killeen woman in her 80s whose death was reported on June 29; a Bell County man in her 20s who died outside the county whose death was reported on July 10; a Bell County man in his 70s whose death was reported on July 15; A Temple man in his 90s whose death was reported on July 17, and a Killeen man in his 70s whose death was reported on July 17.
MCLENNAN COUNTY
McLennan County reported 59 new cases of the virus on Monday, bringing the county’s total to 3,477.
Of the total, 1,945 patients have recovered and 1,503 cases are active.
Seventy-seven patients were hospitalized on Monday, 14 of them with ventilators
Fifty-eight of the 77 are residents of McLennan County.
The latest cases include a resident under the age of 10, five residents between the ages of 10 and 19; 13 residents in their 20s; 10 residents in their 30s, eight residents in their 40s; six residents in their 50s; a resident whose age ranges from 60 to 64 years; four residents whose ages range from 65 to 69 years; three residents whose ages range from 70 to 74; three residents whose ages range from 75 to 79, and five residents who are 80 or older.
Baylor, meanwhile, announced that four more athletes have tested positive for the virus since July 13, increasing the total number of positive cases from June 1 to 41.
Twenty-eight cases were monitored on Monday.
Not all athletes are in Waco.
Two other McLennan County residents died over the weekend, increasing the county’s death toll to 24.
The deaths of the 69-year-old white woman and 82-year-old white woman were announced Saturday.
Twenty-two McLennan County residents died earlier, including a 46-year-old man with no apparent underlying problems who died June 18 at a Waco hospital, a 44-year-old man who died June 23 at a local hospital; a 53-year-old Hispanic man who died June 28 at a local hospital; an 89-year-old Caucasian man who died June 29 at a local hospital; an 87-year-old Hispanic man who died June 29 at a local hospital; a 62-year-old Hispanic woman and a 77-year-old African-American man whose deaths were reported on July 4, and a 71-year-old Hispanic woman; a 76-year-old African American man whose deaths were reported on July 6; a 72-year-old Caucasian man whose death was reported on July 8; a 41-year-old black woman whose death was reported on July 9; a 93-year-old white woman who died on July 11 at a local hospital; a 42-year-old black woman who died on July 12 at a local hospital; a 73-year-old white man who died on July 13 at his home; an 87-year-old white woman who died on July 14 at a local hospital; an 87-year-old white woman who died late July 15 at a local long-term care facility; a 75-year-old Hispanic man who died on July 16 at a local hospital; and a 66-year-old white man who died on July 17 at a local hospital.
Among the first to die from the virus in the county were Phillip Perry, principal of GW Carver Middle School, who died of complications from the virus on March 31; a 61-year-old McLennan County man found by a neighbor dead on April 8; a 69-year-old man who died April 9 at a local hospital and a 66-year-old resident whose death was announced on April 22.
According to a document prepared for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, first published by the Center for Public Integrity, Texas is one of 18 states in the coronavirus “Red Zone”.
Metropolitan Red Zone areas in Texas include not only the largest cities and counties in the state, but also Waco and McLennan counties.
CORYELL COUNTY
The local Coryell County count, last updated on Friday, showed 212 confirmed cases, 131 of which were active.
Seventy-seven patients have recovered.
Among the most recent cases is one involving a Copperas Cove man in his 20s.
The state’s count, which includes inmates from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, rose to 436 on Monday with 327 recoveries.
The virus has claimed four lives in the county, including a Copperas Cove man in his 70s who died on April 9 at Advent Hospital in Killeen, where he was admitted on April 2; a Copperas Cove man in his 60s who was diagnosed with the virus on April 5; a Copperas Cove man whose death was reported on July 8, and a 60-year-old Gatesville man whose death was reported on July 12.
LIMESTONE COUNTY
Limestone County reported 118 cases Monday.
Fifty-six patients have recovered, according to the State Department of Health Services.
A resident is dead.
The Mexia woman in her 50s and 60s with underlying health problems died on March 31 at Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia after she was diagnosed with COVID-19.
NAVARRO COUNTY
Navarro County reported a total of 596 confirmed cases of the virus on Monday, an increase of 34 from Friday.
The county also reported his tenth death.
No details were provided.
Of the 596 confirmed cases in the county, 106 are active and 480 patients have recovered.
Eleven patients were hospitalized on Monday.
OTHER COUNTIES
According to the latest figures Monday, Bosque County reported 75 cases, including 14 that have been recovered; Falls County had 68 cases with 31 recoveries; Freestone County reported 96 cases with 30 recoveries; Hamilton County reported 45 with one death and 20 recoveries; Hill County reported 204 with two deaths and 68 recoveries; Lampasas County had 48 cases with 19 recoveries; Leon County reported 119 cases, with 32 recoveries; Milam County reported 240 cases with two deaths and 189 recoveries; Mills County reported eight cases and one recovery; Robertson County had 154 cases with 30 recoveries; and San Saba County had 11 cases with four recoveries.
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